Depression Support Group

Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.

GO Bucks from me too. You can not allow how others react to you ie ask you to be a friend, to make you feel better about yourself. Health begins from the inside out. Anthony answered, I answered. We are all a little Troll shy right now so not too many people are sending or accepting friend requests.

In order to give me any kind of advice.. especially something as lame as health starts on the inside, then you would have to know a lot more about what I've gone through. You may be able to tell some people to &quot;cheer up&quot; and &quot;if you feel good about you... etc.&quot;, but that doesn't work for every type of depression. It makes me wonder if you've actually experienced true depression. If someone ever reaches out to me, then I will talk to them and try to see what their thoughts are because I would want people to treat me that way.

I have been on D.S. since 2007 and this site is definitely not what is was back then. People actually cared about people and offered whatever kind of support they could offer. I spent many nights talking to people who wanted to commit suicide. This isn't a support group unless you actually offer support.

If you aren't willing to talk to someone because they're new to this group, then you are missing the whole point of D.S.

FYI... Anthony was very nice and supportive and my comment to him was a joke. I'm sorry that you didn't see that as being a joke, but some people don't get sarcasm.

You turned around and criticized me instead of asking me any kind of questions, or made any attempt to see what was bothering me. That is basically the same as telling someone to jump when they're standing on the ledge.

I hope this is not typical of how you talk to people who are new to this group.

I completely agree with what you say about really getting to know people instead of giving and receiving cliche one-liners about how everything will work itself out.

Everyone struggles with their head and their life in their own unique way. In order to really help a person, you need to get to know who they are. I don't think cookie-cutter approaches work. I know they definitely don't work for me.

As for the bad stuff you see on DS, just take it in stride without getting so upset about it. there's not a place in this world any of us can go where we won't find any people who give us a hard time. As long as human nature is what it is, we'll all be dealing with shit for the rest of our days. That's even more true when you have a bunch of people who are in pain come together like you have on this site. The important thing is to concentrate on the people who support you and who you support. They deserve your time and attention. The ones who bring you down, just hit ignore and go about your day.

Today is my 25th birthday, to my somewhat lack of surprise I can see already no one really seems to care. I've always been the kinda person to make sure that everyone I Care about feels appreciated and knew somebody had their back. I can count 4 times this year when I Went out of my way to make sure a "friend" felt good on their birthday, especially if they got left hanging. Its early in the...

Hi everyone. Ok I admit I don't think I am a sex addict. I do experience a high sex drive especially when I am anxious, depressed and stressed. During these times I use my dildo and have too many orgasms to count. This sucks because I can spend many hours doing this and am not satisfied. Even though I get many orgasms (maybe over 100) I still want more. It is truly a high and feels quite...

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